Chapter 1: Using the Basic SwiftUI Views and Controls

SwiftUI was launched during Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in June 2019. Since then, its popularity has kept increasing as it has been adopted more into the Apple developer community. Apple also releases updates every year, adding new and exciting capabilities to SwiftUI.

SwiftUI ditches UIKit concepts such as Auto Layout for an easier-to-use declarative programming model. It allows the fast and easy creation of applications that work across Apple platforms (iOS, iPadOS, and macOS).

Are you still wondering whether you should start learning SwiftUI? Here are a few reasons to convince you:

  • SwiftUI apps can work alongside UIKit apps: You can slowly convert your app's user interface ...

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